Keywords

fireside ash deposit formation, deposit thermal and radiative properties, early-stage coal ash spectroscopy

Abstract

The character of fireside ash deposits depend on the processes by which deposits are formed and subsequent reactions within the deposit and with furnace gases. The properties influencing furnace heat transfer, absorptivity for radiative transfer and thermal conductivity for conductive transfer are shown from many measurements to depend on this character. Illustrative trends in these properties as deposits mature and grow are presented together with their effect on furnace exit temperature and efficiency. The reflective character of initial deposits from particular coals is then considered with predictions and measurements of the spectral character of such deposits, during the first three hours of growth, using on-line FTIR spectroscopy.

Original Publication Citation

T.F. Wall, S.P. Bhattacharya, L.L. Baxter, G. Richards, J.N. Harb, The character of ash deposits and the thermal performance of furnaces, Fuel Processing Technology, Volume 44, Issues 1–3, 1995, Pages 143-153, ISSN 0378-3820, https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-3820(94)00112-7. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0378382094001127)

Document Type

Peer-Reviewed Article

Publication Date

2000-03-10

Publisher

Fuel Processing Technology

Language

English

College

Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering

Department

Chemical Engineering

University Standing at Time of Publication

Full Professor

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